Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki's ban for avoiding a blood doping test was reduced from 18 months to one year on Tuesday, meaning he cannot play in the Davis Cup final next week. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ordered him to serve a 12-month ban for skipping a blood test after losing at the Monte Carlo Masters in April. It fell from No. 53 to 77 since he was suspended by an International Tennis Federation tribunal in July. Serbia plays the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup final in Belgrade next week. More...